Session: Latebreaking: Community Ecology (101st ESA Annual Meeting (August 7 -- 12, 2016))

PS 38-62

Zonation of plant communities caused by hydrological stressors in headwater wetland mesocosms
Maureen K. Drinkard, Brevard College; Ferenc de Szalay, Kent State University

PS 38-63

Arthropod diversity and nutrient mineralization in green litter decomposition in a simulated hurricane experiment
Ivia Moreno, Universidad Del Turabo; Maria Fernanda Barberena-Arias, University of Turabo; Sharon A. Cantrell, Universidad del Turabo

PS 38-64

A global synthesis of reported spatial patterns in forests
Barry W. Brook, University of Tasmania; David Bowman, University of Tasmania; George L. W. Perry, University of Auckland; Mark Hovdenden, University of Tasmania; Jessie C. Buettel, University of Tasmania

PS 38-65

The role of the leaf-cutter ant (Atta cephalotes) in structuring leaf-litter arthropod communities
Rachel Wells, Hendrix College; Serena Murphy, University of Georgia; Matthew Moran, Hendrix College

PS 38-66

Plants shaping their environment: Predictability and the engineering of local environment
Carlos Alberto Arnillas Merino, University of Toronto, Scarborough; Marc Cadotte, University of Toronto - Scarborough

PS 38-67

Rapid domination and accelerated succession in a restored sedge meadow
James E. Cook, UW-Stevens Point

PS 38-68

Burn frequencies and their impact on plant community dynamics in Anoka County, Minnesota
Alissa M. Johnson, UW-Stevens Point; James E. Cook, UW-Stevens Point; Cristina Portales, University of Minnesota

PS 38-69

Evaluation of Moran effects and species interactions on spatial synchrony and coherence in freshwater plankton communities
Thomas L. Anderson, Appalachian State University; Jonathan A. Walter, University of Kansas; Lawrence Sheppard, University of Kansas; Todd D. Levine, Murray State Universiy; David S. White, Murray State University; Daniel Reuman, University of Kansas

PS 38-70

Using successional stages to analyze vegetation line-point intercept data from grassland assessment
Narciso Garcia Neto, Montana State University; Joao L. Garcia, Montana State University; Clayton Marlow, Montana State University

PS 38-71

Tradeoffs between maximum tree height and seed and seedling survival in a subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico
Maria Wang, Field Technician; Seth A. Rifkin, University of Puerto Rico- Rio Piedras

PS 38-72

Niche partitioning within a dominant plant species to affect ecosystem function: Plant-plant genetic distance promotes trait variance
Lara Souza, University of Oklahoma; Katharine Stuble, University of California Davis; Aruna Nandety, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation; Laura Bartley, University of Oklahoma

PS 38-73

Temperature influence on growth rates of four benthic diatoms and comparison with distributional patterns in microbial mats in streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Diane McKnight, University of Colorado; Rhea M. M. Esposito, University of Colorado; Eric R. Sokol, University of Colorado; Joshua P. Darling, University of Colorado; Deena Garland, University of Colorado; Lee F. Stanish, University of Colorado

PS 38-74

How does shrub encroachment alter a bee community?
Julieta Bettinelli, University of New Mexico; Diane L. Marshall, University of New Mexico

PS 38-75

Soil microbial community assembly driven by soil characteristics, climate, and cover
Kyrstin Lulow, Duke University; Aspen T. Reese, Duke University; Justin P. Wright, Duke University

PS 38 - Latebreaking: Community Ecology